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Can we make enemy soldiers blind using lasers?

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Green laser pointer<br />

was used to attack the<br />

<strong>we</strong>ll known football<br />

player Lionel Messi.<br />

The spot is encircled on<br />

the figure g to the left. In<br />

the news paper article<br />

it was said: ”He could<br />

have been <strong>blind</strong>!”<br />

Size of a pupil.<br />

About 0.1% 0 1% of the<br />

laser light can pass<br />

through the pupil.<br />

If the laser po<strong>we</strong>r<br />

is 100 mW, about<br />

0.1 mW can reach<br />

the retina.<br />

retina

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